Wolf Trap: Phoenix Suns vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Here Tonight

A mid-January game against the Minnesota Timberwolves is no big D, right? The playoffs-bound Phoenix Suns will ring up these bottom-feeding fools without stainin’ their sweats, yo? Wrong on both counts. And that “playoff-bound” part is dicey, in and of itself. Everyone but the Suns seems to realize that every…

Hot Links: Arizona Senators Differ on Approval of TARP Funds; Phoenix Police Say Girl Forced to Eat Off Floor; State Employee Unionization Upgrade Halted

Senatorial differences: John McCain opposes giving bailout funds to the guy who stomped him in the presidential election. But Jon Kyl, who holds no such bias, says it’s “too risky” to hold back on the funds. Another shocking case of child abuse: Police say a Valley couple forced their 9-year-old daughter to…

Rocky Mountain High: Suns Face the Surging Nuggets in Denver Tonight

If there’s one team that’s benefited the most this season from a trade, it’s the Denver Nuggets. On November 3, 2008, nine-time NBA All-Star guard Allen Iverson was dealt to the Detroit Pistons for guard Chauncey Billups (pictured), forward Antonio McDyess, and center Cheikh Samb. (McDyess never suited up in…

On César Chávez and Kicking Your Pinche Estupido Ass

What is it with César Chávez? Recently in Dallas, we’ve gone through three attempts to name streets after Mr. Chávez. In one instance, the plan was to remove the name of two brothers who were city founders from a street named after them and rename the street César Chávez Avenue…

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 15, 2009

KINGS OF CORRUPTION We really do live in a police state: Another great article by Sarah Fenske. Ah, the tangled webs we weave. The Don Stapley indictments are finally beginning to make sense, in a nonsensical kind of way. Funny (not really) how everything’s about political payback. If Stapley had…

Jan. 14 In Blogs: RZA, MCSO and Hot Wings

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Valley Fever: Photo Enforcement Ban Proposed by State Lawmakers Arizona Republic and…

Photo Enforcement Ban Proposed by State Lawmakers

Is photo enforcement on Arizona’s highways and freeways coming to an end? On the heels of the launch of a citizens initiative to ban the cameras that have been multiplying like coyotes on local streets, a group of state lawmakers has now introduced a bill that would do the same…